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Originally Posted by NoRegrets
I came upon 2 situations that I offer to reflect upon.
1) I was returning to our slip at night in Paugus Bay. As I neared the end of the bay there was a "dark" boat just floating without lights. I was really mad that someone would place us at risk and navigated around the vessel. I got into the slip and then felt guilty since it may have been someone in trouble and I did not check. The guilt got the better of me so I went to make sure everything was ok. What I found was someone cut the lines and sent the vessel adrift. The police were notified and the authorities took it from there. I was disapointed in myself for letting anger cloud my thinking.
2) Once again going down Paugus bay at night I saw what I thought was a good size log with a branch on one end. I went around it and then saw 2 more logs. These were not logs at all. They were 3 deer out for a midnight swim. I am not sure what the proper lighting for hoofed animals would be but these 3 were definitely breaking night navigation rules.
It is interesting that when I write about these situations it becomes apparent that if you focus on the man made laws and suspect that someone is breaking the rules, anger easily takes over clouding reaction. If you can keep your thinking open to observation and react to the situation you can assist constructively. The deer did nothing wrong but could have caused a collision the same as the sailboat or the boat set adrift.
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NoRegrets,
I believe there is a requirement for hooved animals to display one red light, visible for 5 miles, on foggy nights only...and only if it is Christmas Eve!